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Old April 29th 08, 11:38 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.urban-transit
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On Apr 29, 3:50*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 29 Apr, 20:52, 1506 wrote:





On Apr 16, 3:40 pm, Mr Thant
wrote:


On 16 Apr, 22:51, Tom Anderson wrote:


(snip)


High Wycombe to Shoreditch with one change would
require ELL trains to be running through as far as
West Hampstead, which is not currently the plan (AIUI).


Yep. Its dedicated tracks will end at H&I with only a single track
connection beyond to the westbound NLL for stock transfers,
making it operationally impossible to run any sort of service.


Journeys like this would be brilliant, and would make a lot of
sense to arrange stopping patterns so that they were possible,
but it would go against the grain of current planning, which is
already deleting fast-train stops from Watford Junction
(although they have been added at Stratford in recent years,
so YMMV).


I think the most recent RUS recommended stopping every train at
Stratford.


Thank you "U". *My mistake. *I had forgotten that the East and North
London lines are not really being integrated. *The will only run in
parallel and share some stations.


The NLL and ELL will only meet and share a station at Highbury and
Islington, they will not run in parallel.

The finalised plan can be seen in a diagram on page 5 of this PDF:http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pd...appendix12.pdf

I think there was some speculations as to whether ELL trains would run
along to Caledonian Rd & Barnsbury station and then reverse there,
indeed there was also speculation that there would be through running
from the ELL onto the NLL.

Anyway, this is not to be - which is possibly just as well for the
sake of providing a reliable service, even though through running
would have been convenient for passengers. Anyway, changing at
Highbury & Islington shouldn't be too much of a hassle - there will be
frequent trains on both the NLL and ELL, and lifts will be provided at
all the overground platforms to facilitate a step-free interchange.



Thanks Mizter T. However, I think I am missing something here. Will
both lines not call at Caononbury and Dalston Junction?

Thanks

Adrian